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SPS Annual Report 2002/03 Annual Report & Accounts 2002-03 committed to correctional excellence Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2002-03 Presented to the Scottish Parliament in pursuance of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers July 2003 SE/2003/190 Edinburgh: The Stationery Office £15.10 Previous Reports 1970 Cmnd 4809 1971 Cmnd 4999 1972 Cmnd 5349 1973 Cmnd 5735 1974 Cmnd 6350 1975 Cmnd 6546 1976 Cmnd 7162 1977 Cmnd 7391 1978 Cmnd 7749 1979 Cmnd 8037 1980 Cmnd 8421 1981 Cmnd 8618 1982 Cmnd 8980 1983 Cmnd 9400 1984 Cmnd 9670 1985 Cm 1 1986 Cm 223 1987 Cm 551 1988 – 1989 Cm 998 1989 – 1990 Cm 1499 1990 – 1991 Cm 1663 1991 – 1992 Cm 2143 1992 – 1993 Cm 2323 1993 – 1994 HC 515 1994 – 1995 HC 593 1995 – 1996 HC 508 1996 – 1997 HC 18 1997 – 1998 HC 808 1998 – 1999 HC 638 1999 – 2000 HC 619 - SE/2000/1 2000 – 2001 SE/2001/280 2001 – 2002 SE/2002/178 ISBN 10 888110 5 Cont SPS Vision 4 The Scottish Prison Service Board 5 ents Foreword 6 SPS Key Results 7 Leaders in Prison Correctional Work 10 Highest Standards of Service 14 Scottish Prisons’ Staff 18 Recognising Staff 20 Value for Money 22 An Estate Fit for Purpose 24 Custody and Order 26 SPS Establishments 28 A year in the Scottish Prison Service 38 Appendices 1. Location of Establishments 40 2. Establishments: Population, 2002-03 41 3. Average Daily Population in Establishments 42 4. Receptions to Penal Establishments 42 5. Escapes and Absconds from Custody 43 6. Prison Discipline: Offences and Punishments 44 7. Prison Industries 45 8. Staff Numbers and Recruitment 46 9. Staff Training 47 10. Parliamentary Accountability 48 11. Accounts 49 SPS Vision Correctional Excellence We will be recognised as the leader in prisons’ correctional work which helps reduce recidivism and thereby offers value for money for the taxpayer. Mission We will maintain secure custody and good order; and we will care for prisoners with humanity and provide them with appropriate opportunities. Action We will aim to ensure that: • Scotland’s prisons can fairly be viewed as the leaders in correctional services, delivering effective prisoner opportunities which help reduce recidivism; • the prison estate is fit for the 21st century; • Scotland’s prisons are acknowledged as providing the highest standards of service delivery across their full range of activities; • Scottish prisons’ staff will be respected by the nation for their professionalism, their wide range of skills and the difficult job they do on behalf of society; and • in the necessary pursuit of demonstrating value for money to the taxpayer, public sector costs will be competitive. Values The values of the Scottish Prison Service are: 2002-03 • integrity, frankness, and honesty in dealing with people; ounts • fairness and justice, respecting the needs and rights of prisoners and staff; c • mutual support, encouraging teamwork and commitment; • caring for the safety and wellbeing of prisoners and staff; and • openness about our aspirations, our successes and our failures, coupled with the willingness to learn. e Annual Report & Ac ottish Prison Servic Sc 4 The Sc ottish Prison Servic TONY CAMERON Chief Executive e Boar BARBARA ALLISON ALEC SPENCER PETER RUSSELL WILLIE PRETSWELL Director of Director of Director of Director of Finance & Human Resources Rehabilitation Human Resources Business Services d June 2002 & Care Until May 2002 PETER WITHERS MIKE DUFFY KEN THOMSON Operations Director, Operations Director, Director of Strategy & North and East South and West Business Performance June 2002 Sc ottish Prison Servic CHRISTINE CARLIN MALCOLM WISHART ALISDAIR MACINTYRE e Annual Report & Ac Director, Estates Review Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Until May 2002 c ounts 2002-03 5 The 12 months covered by this Report saw much public debate about the future of the d Scottish Prison Service. or Following a widespread public consultation on the Scottish Executive’s proposals, the w e Justice Minister announced the outcome of the Prison Estates Review. The Executive’s principal decisions were that two new prisons should be commissioned and that the or Executive would commit capital expenditure of over £110m over the next three years to F allow Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to step up its work to create a fit for purpose Estate in the 21st century. The Executive also announced that the first of the two new prisons would be privately financed, built and operated. In respect of the second prison they issued a challenge to the “This report SPS and to the Trades Unions to bridge the gap on cost and time between public and private marks the 10th service provision. The Executive has presented the Scottish Prison Service and our Trades Unions anniversary of partners with an opportunity. We have been challenged to produce a robust and credible Agency Status plan that is competitive, offers value for money and delivers the prison places we need on – a decade of time. I am pleased to record the deep commitment of both the SPS and the Trades Unions to taking this project forward. A joint team from the Scottish Prison Service and Trades real Unions is developing our response to this challenge. achievement” The Executive’s decisions on the Estates Review were made against a background of a sharp rise in prisoner numbers. The average prison population for 2002-03 was 6,475, five TONY CAMERON percent higher than 6,185 in 2001-02, itself the highest ever average figure. On 30 May the Chief Executive Scottish prison population reached a record high of 6,723. The Scottish female prison population reached a peak of 319 on the 12 August 2002. Despite the acute pressures which this surge in numbers caused, I am pleased to be able to record that we achieved most of our Key Performance Indicators in 2002-03, despite record high numbers. Targets were not only met but significantly bettered on escapes, number of programmes delivered to prisoners, programme accreditation, education provided and cost per prisoner place. We met our night sanitation target. Unfortunately, we did not meet our target in relation to assaults or mandatory drug testing. The increased numbers of assaults is worrying and we are taking a number of co- ordinated steps to address this, including improvements in houseblock design and staff sight lines for supervision purposes. In addition, and following a conference called specifically to consider assaultative behaviour, our Governors are drawing up their individual action plans to ensure these important KPI issues are tackled in the coming year and we’ll continue to closely monitor these. We believe that assaults are in various ways connected with the problem of drug misuse which remains a major issue for the Scottish Prison Service, as it is for Scottish society generally. Nevertheless, considering that about 85% of the men and 95% of the women are ‘on’ illegal drugs when they arrive at prison, turning that around to 83% of all prisoners clear of drugs while in prison is a magnificent achievement. Prisons are a microcosm of the society in which they are situated and tackling the abuse of drugs is a particular focus for a variety of criminal justice agencies including SPS. We are taking all measures possible to try and alleviate this situation. I also firmly believe that the improvements in our buildings and the increased security that these will provide will assist in reducing the level of violence. I was delighted that the Justice Minister was able again to host a reception at Edinburgh 2002-03 Castle this year to recognise the commitment, courage and achievements of SPS staff. I am ounts grateful to the Justice Minister for publicly recognising the courage and professionalism of c our staff in their work on behalf of Scottish society. By the time this Report is published we will have reached the 10th anniversary of Agency status for Scottish Prison Service. It has been a decade of real achievement. Though prisoner numbers have increased by over 20% we have seen access to night sanitation increase from 50% to 80% and the average cost per prisoner place in real terms has reduced by about seven percent. In the last three years alone we have increased e Annual Report & Ac prisoner-learning hours from about 220,000 to over 400,000. The number of escapes in 1992 was over 40 – in the current year it was just one. Increased security, better conditions for prisoners and staff, more opportunities for learning and rehabilitation – a great achievement. We cannot be complacent, nor are we. We recognise much still needs to be done. Reflecting on what we have achieved gives me ottish Prison Servic the confidence that we can do still better. Sc 6 SPS Ke As an Agency of the Scottish Executive Justice Department, the Scottish Prison Service is set a range of key performance targets by the Justice Minister. These Ministerial targets are designed to measure how efficiently and effectively SPS is delivering its business on behalf of the Scottish public. Targets are reviewed periodically and current measures cover the period up to 2004-05. The monitoring of our performance in this way ensures that the Service achieves value for money and makes its required y Results contribution to the delivery of the Scottish Executive’s wider commitments on criminal justice. SPS is therefore fully committed to Correctional Excellence and to working with partner agencies to making Scotland a safer place by playing its part to reduce crime and the fear of crime. The Service achieves this by maintaining secure custody and good order in each of its establishments. In addition to providing proper standards of care for prisoners – sentenced to custody by the courts, we also offer challenging opportunities, P interventions and programmes aimed at addressing and reducing offending behaviour.
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